Proverbs Chapter 9 – Day 9
We want to encourage you to begin reading a chapter of Proverbs every day. It is an excellent habit to develop. There are 31 chapters in Proverbs so most months you can read the chapter of Proverbs that matches the day. For example, on the first day of the month read Proverbs chapter1, on the second day read Proverbs Chapter 2, and so on. We also suggest you combine this with reading the online bible studies on God’s Daytimer.
Proverbs 9:1-18 (NIV)
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.
4 “Let all who are simple come in here!” she says to those who lack judgment.
5 “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.
7 “Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
10 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.”
13 The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.
16 “Let all who are simple come in here!” she says to those who lack judgment.
17 “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
Let’s pick a proverb or two to talk about and meditate on today:
Proverbs 9:10 (NIV)
10 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
People often misunderstand what the fear of the Lord is. I have had people get upset when I have used the term. It often produces in people an image of God that is hard for them to reconcile with a loving God. We don’t need to be afraid of God, but we do need to understand that HE IS GOD, and we are not. This simple understanding, He IS GOD and I am not, is the beginning of wisdom. We realize our need for God, our need for salvation, our need for grace, our need for mercy, our need for unconditional love…that is where it all starts (wisdom)! And then as we begin our eternal relationship with God through Christ it all begins to slowly make sense (understanding).
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